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Secret Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043845
MRDS ID M231132
Record type Site
Current site name Secret Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bay State Nevada Gold Mining Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.41989, 39.76489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pah Rah Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 023E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.41989, 39.76489
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne-Trending Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip NE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olinghouse (White Horse) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PITS LOCATED ON ZONE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS AND VEINLETS WHICH CUT BRECCIATED RHYOLITE WELDED TUFF, SILICEOUS AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE, PEBBLY SANDSTONE OF THE HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. ROCKS IN VEIN ZONE ARE SILICIFIED AND CUT BY VEINLETS OF VUGGY QUARTZ. DISSEM PYRITE OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND WALL ROCKS. MANGANESE OXIDES COAT FRACTURES. THIS AREA IS WITHIN A LARGE BLOCK OF PATENTED MINING CLAIMS ORGINALLY PATENTED BY THE BAY STATE NEVADA GOLD MINING CO. INDIVIDUAL CLAIM NAMES ARE: BAY STATE, BAY STATE 2, 3, & 4, CARRIE, GRANITE, GOLD QUEEN, DENVER CRATER, MORNING STAR, MORNING STAR EXTENSION, WHITE HILL, WHITE HILL 2, GYPSY, RED BUTTE 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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